Jada Pinkett Smith Calls Tupac Her 'Soulmate' Amid Split from Will
Jada Pinkett Smith and Tupac Shakur
Jada Pinkett Smith has yet another bombshell to share with the world.
Earlier this week, the Red Table Talk alum sent shockwaves through the media by revealing that she and longtime husband Will Smith have actually been separated for seven years, despite keeping up the appearance of their relationship in the public eye.
Now, in a new interview with Rolling Out, the 52-year-old actress further made jaws drop as she reflected on late rapper Tupac Shakur as her "soulmate."
"If there is such a thing as past lives, I definitely think that Pac and I have traveled a few together," she told the publication, before clarifying that it was more of a friendship situation than a romantic one.
"There was no chemistry between us," Pinkett Smith explained, noting that it "just wasn't possible" to bring their relationship to the next level.
Jada Pinkett on 2Pac being her soulmate: She also says she and Tupac had past lives together.
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"It was like God made us that way," she explained." It was like, 'look, I'm going to put y'all together, right? Y'all are going to be a dynamic duo. But I'm going to tell you right now, I'm going to make it so y'all are not going to be able to get together 'cause that just wasn't the purpose.'"
Tupac later died as the victim of a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas in 1996, and Pinkett Smith went on to marry Smith in 1997.
The complicated couple—who share children Jaden, 25, and Willow, 22—decided to separate in 2016 despite staying legally married, according to Pinkett Smith, who said they were just "exhausted with trying" to save their relationship at the time.
"I think we were both kind of just still stuck in our fantasy of what we thought the other person should be," she said in a snippet from her shocking interview with Hoda Kotb.
Pinkett Smith is expected to talk more about her relationship with Smith—including his infamous Oscars slap—in her upcoming memoir, Worthy, which hits bookshelves on Oct. 17.
